Rusk tin on the occasion of the engagement between Juliana and Bernard, Heidelberg 1936

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Rusk tin on the occasion of the engagement between Juliana and Bernard, Heidelberg 1936

• Manufacturer: Rotterdam tin industry Schiedam
• Date of manufacture: 1936

Description
Orange coloured tin rusk tin on the occasion of the engagement between Juliana and Bernard. This bus is equipped with a loose lid with two coats of arms on it. The decoration of the tin also consists of a portrait of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard on the front in black and white. Above the portrait is a gold crown and at the bottom the initials J.B.

Also on the back of the bus are the two coats of arms. The coat of arms of Princess Juliana and Prince Bernhard of Lippe-Biesterfeld.

Both the edge of the lid and the frame of the portrait are decorated with a garland of leaf green and apples of orange.

Condition
This rusk tin is in a good vintage condition with normal traces of use and age-related traces of wear. Photos are part of the description.

Dimensions

• Height: 17.5 cm.
• Diameter: 11 cm.

Juliana of the Netherlands
Juliana Louise Emma Marie Wilhelmina, Princess of the Netherlands, Princess of Orange-Nassau, Duchess of Mecklenburg, Princess of Lippe-Biesterfeld was Queen of the Netherlands from September 4, 1948, to April 30, 1980. The investiture took place on September 6, 1948. Juliana was married to Prince Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld, with whom she had four daughters, and was the only child of the marriage of Queen Wilhelmina of the Netherlands to Prince Hendrik of Mecklenburg-Schwerin.

Bernhard van Lippe-Biesterfeld
Bernhard Leopold Frederik Everhard Julius Coert Karel Godfried Pieter, Prince of the Netherlands, Prince of Lippe-Biesterfeld, born Bernhard Friedrich Eberhard Leopold Julius Kurt Carl Gottfried Peter Graf von Biesterfeld (Jena, 29 June 1911 – Utrecht, 1 December 2004), was the Prince Consort of Queen Juliana of the Netherlands.

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